US5592821A - Gas turbine engine having an integral guide vane and separator diffuser - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
- F23R—GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
- F23R3/00—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel
- F23R3/02—Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel characterised by the air-flow or gas-flow configuration
- F23R3/04—Air inlet arrangements
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
- F04D29/40—Casings; Connections of working fluid
- F04D29/52—Casings; Connections of working fluid for axial pumps
- F04D29/54—Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers
- F04D29/541—Specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps
- F04D29/542—Bladed diffusers
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- the present invention relates to a separator-diffuser for a gas turbine engine, more particularly such a separator-diffuser having integral guide vanes.
- Axial flow gas turbine engines typically comprise an oxidizer compressor consisting of a plurality of rotor wheels with a plurality of vane stages interposed between the rotor wheels.
- the guide vane stages guide the oxidizer flow into a generally axial flow path and through a diffuser which directs the oxidizer towards one or more fuel injection heads so that the oxidizer may be mixed with the fuel and ignited in a combustion chamber.
- gas turbine engines utilized as turbojet aircraft engines it is known to provide two or more radially spaced, generally annular fuel injection head arrays which extend in annular fashion around the central axis of the turbojet engine.
- one annular array of fuel injection heads is used under low power conditions, while the other array of fuel injection heads is utilized in full power operating modes.
- a diffuser is located between the last guide vane stage and the fuel injection head arrays in order to direct portions of the oxidizer towards each of the annular arrays of fuel injection heads.
- Such known diffusers are located downstream of the final guide vane stage and upstream of the fuel injection heads.
- the oxidizer passing through the diffuser may also be directed such that portions bypass the fuel injection heads and, in known fashion, feeds the primary air zone of the combustion chamber and cools the walls of the combustion chamber.
- a separator-diffuser for a gas turbine engine wherein the diffuser includes axial walls which function as a guide vane stage for the oxidizer compressor.
- the diffuser includes axial walls which function as a guide vane stage for the oxidizer compressor.
- the separator-diffuser has a wall defining a generally annular oxidizer flow passage extending around the central axis of the gas turbine engine, the passage having an oxidizer inlet located downstream of the last rotor stage of the oxidizer compressor so as to enable the oxidizer to pass from the oxidizer compressor into the oxidizer flow passage.
- a generally annular separator member is located in the oxidizer flow passage downstream of the oxidizer inlet so as to divide the oxidizer flow passage into at least two separate oxidizer flow paths, each flow path having a separate oxidizer outlet.
- the oxidizer outlets are positioned so as to direct the oxidizer towards one of the annular array of fuel injection heads.
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, axially extending primary arms connect the separator member to the diffuser walls so as to support the separator within the oxidizer passageway and to serve as a guide vane stage for the oxidizer emanating from the oxidizer compressor.
- Each of the primary arms has an upstream portion extending beyond the upstream edge of the separator towards the oxidizer compressor having an aerodynamic cross-sectional configuration to act as a guide vane.
- the cross-sectional configuration of the primary arms is similar to that of known guide vanes and serves to reduce turbulence of the oxidizer flowing through the oxidizer passage.
- a plurality of secondary arms may also interconnect the separator member to the diffuser walls and one or more of these secondary arms may be circumferentially located between adjacent primary arms.
- the axial lengths of the secondary arms are the same as the axial length of the separator member such that the leading and trailing edges of each of the secondary arms are generally coincident with the leading and trailing edges of the separator member.
- the secondary arms have an aerodynamic cross-sectional configuration in order to minimize turbulence in the oxidizer flow paths.
- More than one separator member may be utilized in order to divide the oxidizer passage into three or more oxidizer outlets.
- One of the walls of the diffuser may define an oxidizer tap so as to withdraw a portion of the oxidizer flowing through the oxidizer passage to serve other aircraft needs, such as cabin pressurization, or starting of the turbojet engine.
- the separator-diffuser guides the oxidizer outlet flow from the downstream rotor stage of the oxidizer compressor so as to be in a generally axial direction along the longitudinal axis of the engine.
- the structure is such that it minimizes overall pressure losses in the pressurized oxidizer between the high pressure compressor outlet and the first stage of the high pressure turbine located downstream of the combustion chamber.
- the device also enhances the flow stability of the oxidizer flow while at the same time enabling the reduction of the bulk and overall dimensions of the turbojet engine.
- the present invention also assumes the structural function previously carried out by the combustion chamber-diffuser casing by transmitting the stresses from the turbine nozzles through the casing vane.
- FIG. 1 is a partial, cross-sectional schematic view of a gas turbine engine combustion chamber, diffuser and compressor stage typical of the prior art devices.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of the separator-diffuser according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a partial, perspective view of the separator-diffuser, illustrated in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a partial, side cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the separator-diffuser according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V--V in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 is a partial, perspective view of the separator-diffuser illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5.
- FIG. 7 is a partial, side cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the separator-diffuser according to the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII--VIII in FIG. 7.
- FIG. 9 is a partial, perspective view of the separator diffuser illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 8.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a typical, dual fuel injection head combustion chamber 6 of a known turbojet engine having a central longitudinal axis 10.
- the last, or most downstream rotor stage 1 a of the high pressure oxidizer compressor 1 is illustrated in its position upstream (towards the left as viewed in FIG. 1) of the annular combustion chamber 6.
- the final, or downstream stage 1a is followed by a stage of stationary guide vanes 5 and by an annular diffuser 2.
- Diffuser 2 comprises an outer wall 2e, and an inner wall 2i between which is defined an oxidizer flow passage.
- a generally annular separator 3 is located downstream of the guide vane stage 5, but upstream of the combustion chamber 6, and is attached to the outer and inner walls 2e and 2i respectively by generally radially extending structural arms 4 and 40.
- the separator 3 From the high pressure oxidizer flow F, the separator 3 produces two oxidizer flow paths Fe which directs oxidizer toward the low power fuel injection head 6a, and oxidizer flow Fi towards the high power fuel injection head 6b.
- the fuel injection heads 6a and 6b may be arranged in radially spaced apart, annular arrays about central axis 10.
- the known separator diffuser structure 2, 3 illustrated in FIG. 1 is downstream of the guide vane stage 5 so as to define a free space 7.
- this free space 7 is eliminated and the separator-diffuser structure 52, 3, illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3, replaces the separate guide vane stage 5 and the separator diffuser 2, 3.
- the guide vane stage 5 is integrated with the separator-diffuser structure 52, 3 thereby reducing the overall axial length between the combustion chamber fuel injection heads 6a and 6b, and the final compressor stage 1a.
- the structural arms 4, 40, as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 serve to connect separator member 3 to the walls 2e and 2i, respectively, but also have leading edge portions 54 which extend upstream of the leading edge portion 3a of the separator 3.
- the primary arms 4 and 40, as well as their upstream portions 54 have an aerodynamic cross-sectional configuration similar to known guide vane cross-sections in order to eliminate the turbulence imparted to the oxidizer flow through the separator-diffuser according to the invention.
- the wall 2e may define one or more orifices 20 located circumferentially between adjacent primary arms 4 so as to direct a portion of the oxidizer outwardly in the vicinity of the separator 3.
- This portion of the tapped oxidizer may be utilized for aircraft cabin pressurization, or may be utilized to power engine accessories.
- FIGS. 4-6 The embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 4-6 is generally similar to that previously described, but incorporates a plurality of secondary arms 4a and 40a circumferentially interposed between adjacent primary arms 4 and 40, respectively.
- These secondary arms 4a and 40a have axial dimensions substantially the same as the axial dimension of the separator 3 such that the leading or upstream edges of the arms 4a and 40a are generally coincident with the upstream edge 3a of the separator 3.
- the trailing or downstream edges of the secondary arms 4a and 40a are generally coincident with the downstream edge of the separator 3.
- the upstream direction is toward the left and the downstream direction is toward the right.
- the secondary arms 4a and 40a also have aerodynamic cross-sectional configurations so as to guide the oxidizer flowing through the oxidizer passage while imparting a minimum of turbulence to the oxidizer flow. As with the primary arms, the secondary arms 4a and 40a also extend between the separator 3 and the inner and outer walls 2e and 2i and extend generally radially from the central axis 10.
- FIGS. 7-9 it may be desirable to divide the oxidizer flow into more than two oxidizer paths, which may be accomplished by the embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 7-9.
- two separator members 3b and 3c are utilized, the positions of the separators being such that they divide the oxidizer passageway into an external oxidizer flow path Fe, a central oxidizer flow path Fc and an inner oxidizer flow path Fi.
- the downstream edge portions of the separators 3b and 3c may extend in a downstream direction beyond the trailing or downstream edges 4b of the primary arms 4 and 40.
- the upstream portions 54 of the primary arms 4 and 40 extend upstream beyond the upstream edges of the separators 3b and 3c to act as a guide vane stage.
- the primary arms assume aerodynamic cross-sectional configurations to guide the oxidizer flow with minimal turbulence.
- the separator-diffuser according to the present invention may be molded or cast as a integral unit, or may be formed from separate elements and mechanically attached together such as by welding or brazing. Also, the separator and the support arms may be formed as an integral unit, such units being illustrated in FIGS. 3, 6 and 9, with this annular unitary structure subsequently welded or brazed to the inner and outer walls to form the separator diffuser.
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